DOZ Issue 35 September 2018 - Page 24

mother, that’s my heart.
Ruva, this journey began because of your personal
experience, but possibly this is not what you had
planned from early on in life. So, if you were not
doing this job, what job would you be doing?
I would be an air hostess (she laughs). I’ve always
wanted to be an air hostess. I love planes. I love flying;
I love travelling, so yeah. I definitely wanted to be an
air hostess. (more laughter).
Well, that is very interesting to know. So, what
are your plans for the future with regards to your
ministry?
At the moment, I am planning my first annual Beauty
For Ashes Women and Girls Conference here in the
UK, and I need a lot of help with it. At this conference,
I’m going to also be giving single mothers and single
women who are expecting children some gifts, things
like strollers, Moses’ basket, diapers, baby clothes, milk
bottles and things like that. It’s something that God has
placed in my heart to do at my first annual conference.
Interesting. So, what advice do you have for
Christian women who are single mothers who are
struggling with criticism, judgment, and rejection
within and outside the church and who feel
that their lives are over because they are either
pregnant outside of wedlock or have had a baby
outside wedlock?
My advice to them is simply this; there is life after
this. You don’t have to live within the reaction of
what took place; you don’t have to live within your
The women who have daughters who are pregnant or are single mothers, my advice to
them is pray for them, take time to check on them, because it’s not easy being a single
mum. Don’t criticise them, don’t judge them, because they’ve already done that, they’ve
already judged themselves, they’ve already condemned themselves.
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